William senior



Patented Aug. 30, I898.

W. SENIOR.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPPING FLATS 0F CARDING ENGINES.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1897.

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\VILLIAM SENIOR, OF PENDLETON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES WILLIAMS, OFSALFORD, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPPING FLATS OF CARDING-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,911, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed December 10,1897. Serial No. 661,439. (No model.)Patented in England May 22,1395,N0. 10,100.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SENIOR, mechanic, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Pendleton, in the county of Lancaster,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Stripping the Flats of Carding-Engines,

(forwhich I have obtained Letters Patent in England, dated May 22, 1895,No. 10,100,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for stripping thesurface of the wires of revolving flats of carding-engines. Theapparatus usually employed for this purpose consists of a stripping-combmounted at the free ends of two arms or levers which oscillate on afulcrum placed about level with the axis of the pulley or drum aroundwhich the said flats pass, but at the side of the pulley or drumfarthest from the flat which is being stripped, and consequently thestripping-comb moves in a curve of which the said fulcrum is the center,and there is a tendency to miss the central portion of the surface ofthe flat and to bend the wires at the top and bottom edges thereof. Thisinvention is intended to remedy this defect and to cause thestripping-comb to rise and fall in a right line corresponding exactlywith the face of the flat.

This invention consists, essentially, in mounting the stripping-comb baron the arms or levers which carry it, so as to be capable of a swivelingmotion, with adjustable pieces moving over or against a flat surfaceparallel with the face of the wires of the flat while being stripped.

It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings,in which part of the flat-stripping apparatus of a carding-enginesufficient to illustrate the invention is shown.

Figure 1 isa sectional end elevation; Fig. 2, a plan of same; Fig. 3, anend elevation showing a modification; Fig. 4, a plan of Fig. 3 5 Fig. 5,a section of parts of same in detail.

The pulley A, around which the flats pass,

the flats B, the oscillating arm 0, by whichthe comb D and comb-bar Fare actuated,

and fulcrum E of the oscillating arm are of any ordinary construction.

The comb-bar F, to which the strippingcomb D is affixed, is pivoted tothe ends of the arms or levers O, by which it is carried, in such a waythat the strippingcomb D can swivel somewhat as it is moved to and froacross the face of the flat to cause its working edge always to travelin a path parallel with the face of the flat B being stripped.

At each end of the comb-bar F is formed or affiXed an eccentric pivot f,which fits into a socket or bearing a at the end of the oscillating arm0, which allows of the swiveling or rocking movement to the comb-barindependent of the movement it receives with the pivoted arm or levers 0about their pivots E.

At or near each end of the comb-bar F is fitted a lug or bracket G,which bears against a surface 11, placed in a suitable position todirect the stripping edge of the comb D in a path parallel to the faceof the flat.

A spring K or weight holds the bracket G against the surface H, whichmay be flat or concave to correspond with the surface of the flat B.

The level surface 11, against which the adjustable screw or bracket Gbears, may be made upon any suitable body, such as the end of the flatB, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the surface H being ground or placedparallel with the face of the wires.

Instead of forming a flat surface H upon the flat B itself it maybeformed uponabody or block L, against which the working surface b on theends of the flats may bear, the block L being so shaped as to compensatefor the formation and inclination of the working surface I) and causethe comb D to move in a path parallel with the face of the wires.

The block L is held in position against the concave working surface I)of the flat B by a spring M or weight and is held or carried by anoscillating arm N, pivoted at n to the fixed bracket 0. s

The path of the stripping-comb D may be varied in any degree to suit thesurface of the wires of the flat or to remove it from the fiat byaltering the contour of the surface H, against which the screw orbracket G bears.

Each successive flat B as it is rotated by the disk or pulley A passesunder the block L.

What I claim as my invention, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent,is-

1. Apparatus for stripping the revolving flats of carding-enginescomprisinga comb, a comb-bar to which the comb is attached,bearing-brackets at each end in which the comb-bar is swiveled carriedby oscillating arms, oscillating arms to support the bearingbrackets andto operate the comb-bar and a movable body provided with a flat surfaceparallel to the face of the flats when the comb is in operation withwhich a bearing-bracket on the comb-bar engages to direct the movementof the stripping edge of the comb in a path parallel with the face ofthe wires of the flat.

2. Apparatus for stripping the revolving flats of carding-engines,comprising a stripping-comb, a swiveling comb-bar provided astripping-comb and swiveling comb-bar, of oscillating arms in which thecomb-bar is pivoted, an adjustable bracket attached to each end of thecomb-bar, and a block against one side of which the working surfaces ofthe flats rest, and the other surface of which directs the movement ofthe stripping edge of the comb in a path parallel with the face of theflat-wires, substantially as described.

4. In apparatus for stripping the revolving flats of carding-engines thecombination with a stripping-comb, swiveling comb-bar, and oscillatingcarrier-arms by which the comb-bar is carried and the comb actuated, ofadj ustable devices affixed to the ends of the combbar, swiveling blocksresting upon the ends of the flats with a surface parallel to the faceof the flat-wires, an oscillating arm and fixed bracket to carry theblock and a spring or weight to maintain it in position, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of October, 1897.

WILLIAM- SENIOR.

Witnesses:

E. P. CHARLEWOOD, Enwn. S. OHEsNEY.

